Portland State Magazine Spring 2019

4 A FORMER PARKING lot is being transformed into a multi-use, seven-story building through a unique PSU partnership with Oregon Health & Science University, Portland Community College and the city of Portland. Construction started in January at the Southwest Fourth and Montgomery site, across the street from the Academic and Student Recreation Center. The 175,000-square foot building will house the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, PSU College of Education, PCC dental programs and clinic, and Portland’s Bureau of Planning and Sustainability. “This is unlike any other partnership that I have been engaged in,” said Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler at the groundbreaking. The $104 million project is backed by $51 million in state bonds. Building through partnership PARK BLOCKS